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Could you be the RCN Nurse of the Year in the year of the nurse?
Entries open for the RCNi Nurse Awards 2020, your chance to promote your work and specialty
Nurses’ well-being: the badge that reminds others to ask after your mental health
The ‘Ask me how I am’ badge is designed to ensure staff’s own needs are not forgotten
Nurses collect donations for students affected by building fire
Fellow university students and local nursing staff offer support after flats destroyed
Menopause guidance challenges misconceptions about mood and depression
Advice for nurses highlights how common menopause-related symptoms may be misdiagnosed
Nike launches a range of shoes to support nurses during long shifts
Testing by healthcare staff informed the design of their ‘fit, cushioning and traction’
Welsh Labour withdraws political broadcast that features an actor playing a nurse
Parties must clarify use of actors if the audience could be ‘misled’ by their appearance
Evidence and Practice
Decompression sickness: a guide for emergency nurses
ENs have an essential role in recognising and initially treating patients experiencing DCS
Screening for sepsis: SIRS or qSOFA? A literature review
Evidence from this article led to the creation of a screening tool developed by the author
Assessment and management of patients with tibial plateau fractures in EDs
Such fractures are a common presentation in EDs, yet diagnosis is not always obvious
Emergency healthcare for women who experience intimate partner violence: part 1
This integrative review is the first of a two-part series about intimate partner violence
A comparison of two interventions in the treatment of severe ankle sprains and lateral...
Aim Stable ankle injuries are highly prevalent in the UK. Prevention of complications and...
Awareness of secondary traumatic stress in emergency nursing
Nurses should take the necessary steps to safeguard against secondary traumatic stress
Features
Nurses use video link to keep older people out of hospital
Link enables nurses to triage people in care and nursing homes, reducing hospital admissions
Sepsis: what you need to know
Around 44,000 people a year die from the 'silent killer'. What can nurses do?
Nurse leads project to help young people at risk of knife crime
ED sister is behind a project to teach life-saving skills to young people at risk of violence
Preparing staff for the sudden death of a child in the emergency department
A study day and guidance have given staff the skills to cope with sudden child death
ED nursing team makes end of life care a priority
How one trust created a pathway to enable people to die at home
The leadership strategy that changed the way others – and my team – saw our department
RCN Nurse of the Year 2019 led the transformation from ‘just outpatients’ to outstanding
Opinion
NMC’s new standards strengthen links between theory and practice
New standards on skills and knowledge required by the next generation of nurses are welcome
Why England’s 2020 opt-out organ donation law is so important for emergency services
Early engagement with specialist organ donation colleagues is vital
Record-keeping guidance: 6 tips to make documenting your work easier
A staff nurse shares her tips for effective record-keeping
Students
Mental health and adult nursing, plus the pace of emergency care – this role has it all
A dual-registration newly qualified nurse reflects on what she has learned in her first year
The call you never want to get in emergency nursing
A newly qualified nurse describes the emotions and impact of a paediatric crash call
Leading on a cardiac arrest made me confident in giving CPR
Aiding a woman after a heart attack made a student more confident in handling emergencies
Careers
Award-winning advanced practitioner on working for an ambulance service
Innovations by North West Ambulance Service's Craig Hayden led to a silver CNO award
Paediatric emergency unit sister
Emily Jones says all experiences at work, good and bad, will make you a better nurse
Emergency nurse appointed to medical college committee
April McKay on why emergency nursing inspires her so much